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Epistemology and Skepticism: An Enquiry into the Nature of Epistemology (The Journal of the History of Philosophy Monograph) - Softcover

Chatalian, George

 
9780809316724: Epistemology and Skepticism: An Enquiry into the Nature of Epistemology (The Journal of the History of Philosophy Monograph)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0809316722 ISBN 13: 9780809316724
Publisher: Southern Illinois University, 1991

Synopsis


Convinced that both epistemology and philosophy have gone astray in the twentieth century, George Chatalian seeks to restore the classical tradition in both, in part by marshaling a mass of data about philosophical skepticism throughout the history of philosophy, data which taken as a whole are not to be found in any other work. Despite the extensive historical and linguistic investigations, however, the work is essentially a philosophical one. After outlining the theses he sees as central to the epistemology of Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, W. V. Quine and those more or less deeply influenced by them, and after tracing these claims to their deeper source in the analytic conception of philosophy, Chatalian assesses the claims such theses make about the Greek skeptics, sophists, and Plato. Such an assessment, Chatalian argues, exposes the false foundations of analytic epistemology. Epistemology and Skepticism outlines a complete epistemology in what, according to its author, is the classical sense.


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About the Author

George Chatalian has taught at the Universities of Ife and Lagos; at the latter, he was head of the Department of Philosophy.

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Publisher
Southern Illinois University
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0809316722
ISBN 13 
9780809316724
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
96